#South Korea
8 stories taggedSouth Korea.
Inside the $720 Billion Memory Factory Race Fuelling the AI Boom
South Korea's SK Hynix controls more than half the world's most sought-after AI memory chips. Now it is building the largest network of memory factories ever attempted, and every Big Tech CEO wants a seat at the table.
SK Hynix posts record profits but its shares still drop 6.5%, here's why
The South Korean memory chip maker beat almost every measure of growth, yet Wall Street wanted even more. What that tells us about AI's voracious appetite for computer memory.
AI Chip Stocks Tumble as Investors Worry About the Cost of the AI Boom
Samsung and SK Hynix each lost more than 10% of their value in a single day, dragging South Korea's stock market to a three-month low, as doubts grow about how AI companies will pay for their massive data centre build-outs.
Nvidia and SK Hynix sign a $500 billion deal to lock down AI memory supply
The agreement covers specialised memory chips that every powerful AI processor needs, and it comes with plans for massive new data centres in South Korea.
South Korea and NVIDIA Open a Joint AI Lab and Deepen Tech Ties at San Francisco Summit
A new research lab at one of Asia's top universities, a memory chip deal, and plans for AI infrastructure signal South Korea's push to become a serious player in global AI.
Hyundai Denies Humanoid Robots Part of Worker Strike Talks
Hyundai clarifies that the introduction of humanoid robots is not a factor in current labor disputes with South Korean autoworkers.
Hyundai Workers Strike Over Humanoid Robots in a Car Industry First
Thousands of unionized workers in South Korea are cutting shifts short and planning longer stoppages after 15 rounds of talks failed to resolve fears about a six-foot robot that can lift over 100 pounds.
AMI Labs' CEO Says 'Superintelligence' Is a Meaningless Word. Here's What He's Building Instead.
Alexandre LeBrun raised over a billion dollars to teach AI how the physical world works. He thinks the buzzwords his rivals love are, at best, unhelpful.